Councillors are due to decide whether to scrap plans for a 3.6 million tonne sand quarry.

Border Force officers have intercepted a boat carrying two Iranian migrants that was found travelling in the Channel.

Part of a busy road has been blocked for more than three hours after two cars crashed.

The owners of a garden centre that has stopped selling Christmas trees in plastic packaging have urged other businesses to do the same.

Political heavyweight Nigel Farage has quit Ukip, after it appointed a far-right activist.

A patient whose mouth cancer was undetected for eight months has warned health professionals to be more vigilant.

A golf club has been forced to payout more than £10,000 after a member of staff suffered burns from an explosion.

A phyisotherapist is believed to be boarding a plane home to India tomorrow, after losing a year-long fight against deportation.

A pensioner accused of murdering his wife in an alleged failed suicide pact has made a second appearance in court.

Drivers are facing long delays heading into the evening rush following a crash involving two vehicles.

More than 60 workers at a pharmaceutical business have been told their jobs are under threat.

A secondary school says pupils have been disciplined for circulating and commenting on distressing footage of a 12-year-old girl being attacked.

Popular phrases such as "bringing home the bacon" could be banned to avoid upsetting vegans.

The family of a man who died after making a 999 call urges all ambulance trusts to change policy on responses to asthma attacks.

A factory worker who moved to the UK for a better life suffered a catastrophic head injury when he tripped and fell into the path of a car.

A teenage girl who has gone missing from her home more than 200 miles away in Yorkshire has links to the county.

A father who beat cancer twice died after getting the disease for the third time after he was exposed to asbestos.

A delivery driver has been issued with an official warning after he was filmed driving while playing a video on a mobile phone.

A teenager who continued to meet an underage girl despite warnings has been locked up for 10 months.

A group of men carrying knives burgled a house after pushing their way past a man at the front door.